Apparatus for uniting wood for floor-coverings



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No. 320,696. Patented June 23, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. RIDER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR UNITING WOOD FOR FLOOR-COVERINGS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,696, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed May 12, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. RIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented an Improved Apparatus for Uniting Wood for Floor-Goverings, &c., of which the following is a'specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for uniting grooved blocks of wood or other material for floor-coverings, &c., by the introduction of molten metal or a suitable alloy into grooves around the sides of the blocks,

according to the method explained in my previous patent, No. 255,023, dated March 14, 1882, and which apparatus is hereinafter fully described, and the novel features thereof specified in the claims hereunto annexed.

My improved apparatus for uniting grooved blocks of wood or other material is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the bed and platen in the horizontal position in full lines, and turned up for the introduction of the metallic alloy in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side view taken at right angles with Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on. the line w m, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the blocks in place on the bed and clamped between the ribs (2 d and the presser-bars e 6.

Fig. 6 is a partial side view showing the sprue-cutter. p

In the practical construction of my improved apparatus I provide a plate or bed, A, of suitable size and shape, with ribs d d on two of its adjoining edges, and arrange two sliding presser-bars, e e, to clamp the assemblage of blocks E against the said ribs. In the construction shown the presserbars are forced against the blocks by the screws 1* r passing through flanges or bosses on the bed-plate; but any other suitable mechanism may be employed for this purpose. The blocks E are held against the bed by the removable platen O, which may be hinged to the bed at g 9, Fig. 1, and is arranged to be forced down on the blocks when closed by the screw 1', provided with handle j, passing through swinging clamping-bar B. The bar B is pivoted to one side of the bed at h, and, passing across over the platen, is provided at its other end with a recessed arm, m, into which the springcatch Z engages to secure it against the strain of the screw 2'.

In releasing the bar from its attachment to the bed the lever 19 is pressed inward, forcing the sliding plate 0 into contact with the beveled end of the spring-catch l, thereby causing it to slide into the recess in the bed and permitting the detach ment of the bar f com the bed. The platen C may be provided with stiffeningribs b b, Figs. 1 and 2, and at its center there is a boss, f, to receive the thrust of the screw i.

The bed-plate is provided with pins or trunnions L L on opposite sides, which are arranged in suitable supports, so that the bed can be turned from the horizontal position represented by the full lines in Fig. 2 to thevertical or inclined position indicated by the dotted lines in the said figure.

The blocks are assembled and clamped together when the bed is horizontal. The bed is then swung into the vertical position, and the molten metal isintroduced into the grooves around the blocks (see dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the sectional view, Fig. 4) through the opening 0 in one of the ribs.

T is a pivoted sprue-cutter attached to the rib and arranged to swing sidewise, as represented by the dotted lines T, Fig. 6, so that the beveled notch or opening therein will cut off the metal sprue above the orifice c.

The position of the platen, when swung upward to permit the introduction of the blocks or the removal therefrom of the assemblage after the introduction of the metal, is indicated at O, and the corresponding position of the clamping-bar at B. The bed may be provided with a lever, N, by which it is turned from one position to an other on the pivots L L, and a spring or other catch, B, may be employed for holding the bed in any desired position.

As represented at 9, Fig. 2, the hinges of the platen O are slotted, or so arranged that the face of the platen is free to adjust itself parallel tothe bed when forced down against the blocks.

The platen C may be forced down upon the blocks by means other than those described 6. 9., by bolts passing through openings near its edges and into the bed.

I do notclairn anything described in my previous patent, No. 255,023.

I claim Y 1. The combination consisting of the bed plate A, having ribs d d, the presser-bars e c, and the removable platen G, substantially as described.

2. The combination consisting of the bedplate A, having ribs 01 d, the presser-bars e c, the platen C, and the bar B, substantially as described.

3. The combination consisting of the bed- I 5 plate A, having ribs d d, the presser-bars e e, the platen O, and the opening a, substantially as described.

4. The combination consisting of the bedplate A, having ribs d d, the pressenbars e 20 e, the platen O, the opening 0, and the pivots L L, substantially as described.

CHARLES E. RIDER.

Vitnesses:

Gno. B. SELDEN, 1-1. G. PHILLIPs. 

